Oregon

Storms in Oregon in 1996

334 events in 170 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Oregon in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Oregon in 1996 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
334
Deaths
15
Injuries
37
Damage
$459 million
Episodes
170

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heavy Snow12600
High Wind9100
Flood34126$454 million
Debris Flow1912
Thunderstorm Wind1810$1.5 million
Ice Storm14128
Hail500$10,000
Heavy Rain500
Wildfire500$3.4 million
Tornado401$50,000
Funnel Cloud400
Winter Storm300
Waterspout200
Flash Flood200
Dust Storm100
Dust Devil100

Every episode, month by month

January 1996

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May 1996

June 1996

July 1996

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September 1996

October 1996

November 1996

December 1996

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.